Investment Q&A

Q: Hi Folks
Looking to add some companies with the following qualities to my portfolio. 1) in a fast growing non-cyclical industry 2) must be the best company or companies in it and 3) excellent management today and hopefully, in the future - can you provide some names that you feel meet the three criteria.
thanks for a great service

Q: Hello Peter
15% of my total portfolio are HQU shares. 18% of them are in non registered acct. and rest 82% are in TFSA & RRIF's accts. I am down on them 27%.
My question is: because most of my HQU shares are in registered accts. there is no tax losses on them, what would you do in this situation ,sell all and wait 30 days for repurchase if they go down or hold on to them for next couple of years.
thanks Andrew

Q: Would you recommend taking a position in NVDA at this time?

Q: What is your outlook for OLED? Buy Hold or Sell?

Q: Hi 5i,

Is there risk that the financing won't go through? Why would someone pay 154 a share at this point? Are the brokers who participated in the deal obligated to purchase the shares at 154?

Thanks!

Q: CGI Group has been a fantastic long-term investment even holding up really well this year. Would you take profits and reallocate to a different Cdn tech stock or continue to hold? I also have CSU , OTEX and KXS.

Q: Hello Peter, Ryan, and team:

I'm making some tweaks to my U.S. holdings, and I'm considering selling my Micron shares (at a significant loss) to buy Trade Desk. Do you think this is a reasonable move at this time?
Thanks,
Brad

Q: so when someone asks you aquestion would you purchase tsgi or gc for a3 year hold you chose gc, does that mean your backing away from tsgi, i would not blame you because something is definitely wrong with tsgi.
also would you buy more shopify right here considerably below the fund raise, i already own 750 shares and it has been just about the only tech stock that has performed lately. dave

Q: Hi team,
I was waiting for volatility to subside before I asked this question, but that may never happen. I was reading the transcript of the SQ conference call some time ago and something caught my attention, but this is not a SQ question. It is an EB question. In her comments on the financials, Friar noted It was Square’s 1st Q of GAAP profitability with a net income of $20M. She said the reason for the positive quarter was SQ marking to market their investment in EB after its recent IPO. Otherwise, SQ had a loss of $70M. What are your thoughts on EB? Despite the tech wreck the fall, EB has held up quite well. I have read some positive reports on it and SQ has invested in it. By the way, I am not likely to buy EB at this time, as there are a lot of great stocks on sale lately. Just curious on your thoughts for the future.
Thanks again,
Dave

Q: Hi 5i,

Can you explain what this offering by SHOP means? There’s no price listed?

Thanks!
Dave

Q: comments on the latest quarter please ?

Q: Crypto mining has driven NVDA's stock price for some years now, but its currencies' decline will surely take a heavy toll on GPU sales into that market. Yes, AI and autonomous vehicle applications could expand, and consumers will continue to play video games, but are these enough to create actual earnings growth, or is NVDA more likely to tread water for a few years?

Q: My daughter has a business that develops websites for small businesses. She sees most of her clients using SurveyMonkey. What is your opinion regarding SurveyMonkey as an investment?

Q: Which technology shares would be the most stable and promising from the ones listed?
Thank you, TEAM!

Q: Hi there
Can you suggest 3 companies outside Canada for good dividend and some growth something reasonably safe ideal dividend in the 4% range
Sam

Q: Hi, I currently own Et ,Otex ,Pho, Shop, SYZ, and i’am thinking of selling two or three and buying Csu.
I will be doing this for a more stable and overall better portfolio if or when we get a further market downturn.
Is my strategy sound? And which two or three would you sell? I would also be open to sell four and keep two of the best if this works.
Thanks

Q: Would appreciate your view of EXFO as an investment. Thanks!

Q: Do you think there is any value for this free Semi letter?
I'm thinking it may help for timing names like PHO. Sell when things are booming & buy when there are no new orders?
http://www1.semi.org/en/worldwide-semiconductor-equipment-billings-drop-158-billion-third-quarter-2018-semi-reports
https://blog.semi.org/business-markets/critical-subsystems-orders-fall-off-a-cliff

Q: Good morning

Do you think the possible blacklisting of Huawei from many western countries is a significant event wrt the 5g rollout? If so, which non-China competitors do you think stand to benefit most.

Thanks
Peter

Q: Hi Peter and Team,

The Info Tech component of equities in all our accounts is 16.2%. The following stocks and ETFs are held, followed by their weightings:

CSU 7.1%
ENGH 1.4%
KXS 2.2%
OTEX 2.3%
SYZ 1.0 %
TXF 1.9%
XIT 0.3% (used to put small amounts of cash since there's no commission with iTrade)

Would it be prudent to trim CSU, and if so, to what level?
What is your opinion of the other holdings, and are their weightings appropriate?
Are the Info Tech holdings too high a percentage of the overall portfolio?

Thanks in advance for your valuable guidance. Please deduct as many credits as you deem necessary.